Professional and Scholarly Societies

Membership in Professional and Scholarly Societies

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
  • International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR)
  • International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • ASCE Transportation and Development Institute
  • INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Section
  • Omega Rho, International Honor Society for Operations Research
  • Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Professional and Government Technical Committees

  • Founding Member, Traffic Theory and Modeling SIG, World Conference on Transportation Research (2014 – present).
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (2010 – present).
  • Chair, TRB Committee on Transportation Network Modeling (ADB30) (2007 – 2013).
  • Member, TRB Travel Analysis Methods Section Executive Board (2007 – 2013).
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment (2006 – present).
  • Member, TRB Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10) (2002 – 2008).
  • Member, IFAC Technical Committee on Control in Transportation Systems (2000 – present).
  • Chair, TRB Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior Sub-committee (ADB10(2)) (2000 – 2007).
  • Member, TRB Committee on Transportation Network Modeling (ADB30) (1994 – 2007).
  • American Transportation Expert (2016); selected by the U.S. Department of State to support smart city solutions in India. Dr. Peeta met with state and city government officials, stakeholders, and Indian urban development experts to learn and share work on the sustainability of transportation systems in India’s cities. Discussions focused on sustainability, traffic management, livability, and systems perspectives, including reducing transportation congestion, enhancing access and connectivity, and planning transportation in harmony with cultural heritage.
  • Chair, Transportation Network Modeling Committee (2007-2013); administered the annual paper review process for 6 years, and workshops and other outreach activities of the committee.
  • Member, TRB Travel Analysis Methods Section Executive Board (2007- 2013); member of the leadership team of this section that discusses Section activities and sets policies consistent with TRB guidelines.
  • Member, Traveler Behavior Values Committee (2002-2008); reviewed papers for the committee every year, participated in other committee activities.
  • Member, IFAC Technical Committee on Control in Transportation Systems (2000-present); member of the leadership team that sets policies, and reviewer for the associated conferences.
  • Chair, TRB Route Choice and Spatio-Temporal Behavior Sub-committee (2000-2007); led sub-committee research and outreach activities.
  • Member, Transportation Network Modeling Committee (1994-2007); reviewed an average of 15 papers for the committee every year, participated in other committee activities.
  • Member or chair of over 25 international conference program or advisory committees organized by organizations such as TRB, ASCE, IFAC, IEEE, and ACM (details provided in General Information section).

Conference Organizing Committees

  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 8th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Seattle, June 2020.
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Fifth Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (5th CTRG), Bhopal, India, December 2019.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 7th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Hong Kong, June 2018.
  • Member, Scientific Committee and Local Organizing Committee, 22nd International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT), Evanston, IL, July 2017.
  • Member, International Program Committee, CTS 2016, 14th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2016.
  • Member, Program Committee, VEHITS 2016, 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems, Rome, Italy, April 2016.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 2015 International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2015.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, 11th Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2014.
  • Member, Special Session and Special Issue Committee, 17th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Qingdao, China, October 2014.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 4th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Salerno, Italy, June 2014.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, 10th Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2012.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 13th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2012.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Beijing, China, August 2012.
  • Co-convener of Organizing Committee, and Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 4th International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, USA, June 2012.
  • Member, Scientific Advisory and Program Board, 3rd International Conference on Digital Human Modeling (ICDHM 2011), Orlando, Florida, July 2011.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Gifu, Japan, June 2010.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Transport Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, August 2008.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 2nd International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leuven, Belgium, June 2008.
  • Chair, NEXTRANS Center Inaugural Summit, Purdue University, May 2008.
  • Member, Program Committee, IEEE Conference on System of Systems Engineering, San Antonio, April 2007.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, Netherlands, August 2006.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, 1st International Symposium on Dynamic Traffic Assignment, Leeds, UK, June 2006.
  • Member, Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Taiwan, March 2004.
  • Member, Program Committee, The Eleventh ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, IEEE 6th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Shanghai, China, October 2003.
  • Member, International Program Committee, 10th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Tokyo, Japan, August 2003.
  • Member, Program Committee, The Tenth ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Washington, D.C., November 2002.
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Singapore, September 2002.